Vivi is a treasure! My girlfriend and I went to Vivi, desperate for help with our pets as we moved in together. We had been living separate in our own homes with our respective pets. I have a dog with a history of aggressive behavior and my partner has a friendly dog and two cats. Needless to say, combining our households into a home where all 16 paws could live in harmony was going to take professional guidance. Vivi began working with us before we made the move, making visits to both homes. She continued working with us for several months after we moved into the same house to ease the transition. She was unbelievably flexible and thorough. It was clear from day one and throughout our engagement with Vivi that she was devoted to successfully assisting us.

We have relocated to Boston, but Vivi has remained in contact, and has even assisted with additional concerns via zoom. She knows our fur babies as well as we do as the companions, and we will forever be grateful that she came into our lives when she did. If she can help us with the challenging situation we presented her with (and she did!), then there is probably nothing she can't help with when it comes to training dogs! Miracle worker!

“I contacted Vivi after researching trainers/companies that focused more on dog behavior than pure training. After an initial consultation, we decided to go with her 8 week program to help us with our terrier who was a total embarrassment when walking him around "his" neighborhood. He barked at cars, hated people walking by, and went especially crazy if another dog walked by in the general vicinity. It was immediately apparent that Vivi has a real passion for her work! She helped us understand why Bogey was being so territorial and laid out a process for us to follow to to calm him down and alleviate the triggers making him go so berserk. Working with Vivi was a real pleasure - she works with both the dog and the owners/parents to address the undesired behavior without judgement, and documents the whole process with both pictures and a written plan so that you can refer back to them as needed. For these reasons, I highly recommend The Dog Talker LLC for dog training and behavior issues.”

“Vivi is AMAZING!!! My wife and I have had lots of dogs. We thought we were good at training on our own until we adopted our most recent one. She was not getting along well with our older dogs, and she was exhibiting some bad behavioral issues. We called Vivi late one day because we just could not figure out what to do, and we were panicking. In the very first session Vivi gave us training tools that we will use forever, and we began noticing huge improvements in all of our pets. By the end of the course we were much more confident dog owners, and our dogs were getting along so well. I don't know what we would have done without Vivi's help and knowledge. She was absolutely wonderful.”

“My husband and I adopted a blue heeler/Shepherd mix puppy from a rescue and knew we'd need a great trainer to help us 'hit the ground running," training him and socializing him. We hired Vivi of The Dog Talker LLC and loved her professionalism, organizational help (remembering the what she taught us -she put all the info in an easy to recover Google Spreadsheet that is ours for life, plus personalized videos of our puppy learning things) and lovely personality. She fit right into our new family and helped with a lot of the initial things we weren't quite sure about. This is a woman who is committed. She's kind and understanding and so patient with both us - the humans (who probably needed MOST of the training) as well as our puppy! Hire her!”

“I can’t thank/praise Vivi enough for the progress her training/techniques had/has on my very very fearful rescue pup. Her positive approach to training was extremely effective and just what my pups needed to gain confidence and learn obedience. Highly recommend!!”